psychology MCQs – Page 24

Practise multiple-choice questions from psychology for competitive examinations and subject revision. Review each marked answer and report any item that may be outdated or unclear.

psychology Mcqs
461. Brocas area and Wernickes area of the brain are involved in the ____________ and _____________ of speech respectively.
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A. comprehension, formulation

B. production, comprehension

C. understanding, production

D. organizing, production

462. Receptors are generally referred to as chemicals are ___________?
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A. temperature and pressure

B. gustation and olfaction

C. auditory and temperature

D. visual and auditory

463. In which of Piagets stages of cognitive development will a child realize that when a volume of water is poured from a tall, narrow beaker, to a wide beaker, the volume remains the same even though it reaches a lower level?
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A. formal operation

B. sensorimotor

C. concrete operational

D. preoperational

464. Galtons major contribution to psychology was his ___________?
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A. creation of standardized measures of intelligence

B. explanation of the phi-phenomenon

C. focus on individual differences

D. theory of infantile sexuality

465. High correlation with premature birth has been found in cases where the mothers behavior included _____________?
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A. alcoholic beverages

B. exposure to radiation

C. smoking

D. depression

466. According to Erikson, the central crisis of adolescence is _____________?
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A. industry vs inferiority

B. identity vs confusion

C. trust vs mistrust

D. intimacy vs isolation

467. Word order in a sentence is determined by which of the following types of rules?
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A. Syntax

B. Phonological

C. Prosody

D. Morphological

468. The white matter of the central nervous system is actually ____________?
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A. nerve fiber pathways

B. cortical issue

C. cell centers

D. cell bodies

469. A psychologist studied a gunshot wound victim and found out that brain region destroyed is most important for memory functions. The research is _____________?
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A. None of these

B. experimental

C. survey

D. correlational

E. case study
470. Which of the following is true of afferent neurons?
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A. not located in spinal cord

B. located in the dorsal column of spinal cord

C. found only in striated muscles

D. located in the ventral column of spinal cord

471. What is a continuing function of heredity after birth?
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A. maturation

B. transduction

C. habituation

D. learning

472. Erikson proposed that trust or mistrust develops during the ____________?
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A. latency stage

B. maturity stage

C. oral-sensory stage

D. muscular-anal stage

473. The neurotransmitters basic to synaptic transmission are stored in ___________?
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A. end plates

B. dendrites

C. receptors

D. vesicles
474. The ___________ gland is an endocrine gland controlling growth and stimulating other endocrine glands?
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A. adrenal

B. pituitary

C. parathyroid

D. thyroid

475. The capacity of the brain area to take over the function of another damaged brain area is known as brain _______________?
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A. regeneration

B. plasticity

C. accommodation

D. aphasia

476. Which of the following choice is not characteristic of infantile autism?
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A. language problem

B. extreme aloneness

C. brain lesions

D. bizarre behavior

477. The pituitary gland secretes ______________?
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A. FSH (follicle stimulating hormone)

B. all of the above

C. TSH (thyroid stimulating hormone)

D. ACTH (adrenocorticotrophic hormone)

478. According to Piaget, the ability to think like a scientist is characteristic of which of the following developmental stages?
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A. preoperational

B. sensorimotor

C. post-conventional

D. formal operational
479. In Piagets classification system, the child learns language and the logic of classification and numbers during which period?
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A. concrete operation

B. latency

C. sensorimotor

D. formal operations

480. The function of dendrites is to ______________?
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A. receive incoming signals

B. control pain

C. release neurotransmitters

D. coordinate the activation of parasympathetic and sympathetic nervous system